Author Archives: Team VCS

Bush Answers Gonzales Critics

Posted on July 7, 2005 by Team VCS

President Bush tried Wednesday to quell the conservative criticism engulfing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, his longtime adviser, and scolded special interest groups for exploiting the debate over the next Supreme Court justice to raise funds. In his first news … Continue reading →

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Johnny Comes Marching Home to Loans

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Team VCS

 Maybe figuring that it is mostly worried moms keeping their kids home, the army, after its fourth straight month of recruitment shortfalls, has begun broadcasting a new series of TV ads. They feature young people telling their folks about the … Continue reading →

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‘I’m Not Going to Come Home’: One Marine’s Third Iraq Tour

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Team VCS

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Shaded by a towering blue spruce in Wheeler Park stands a gray granite monument that honors this city’s men and women who have died in combat from the Spanish-American War to, as the memorial reads, “Iraqi Freedom.” … Continue reading →

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UK aid funds Iraqi torture units

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Team VCS

British and American aid intended for Iraq’s hard-pressed police service is being diverted to paramilitary commando units accused of widespread human rights abuses, including torture and extra-judicial killings, The Observer can reveal. Iraqi Police Service officers said that ammunition, weapons … Continue reading →

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Two U.S. troops found dead in Afghanistan

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Team VCS

KABUL (Reuters) – Two U.S. special forces soldiers who went missing in eastern Afghanistan a week ago have been found dead and one rescued, but the whereabouts of a fourth remains unknown, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The bodies … Continue reading →

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56 Founders with Common Sense: Our Nation’s Declaration of Independence

Posted on July 4, 2005 by Team VCS

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and … Continue reading →

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Veterans Affairs deep in the red and going deeper

Posted on July 3, 2005 by Team VCS

Veterans Affairs deep in the red and going deeper WASHINGTON – Fred Malphurs has canceled plans to replace equipment, postponed two new outpatient clinics and holds a waiting list of 7,844 people who want appointments at veterans hospitals and clinics … Continue reading →

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Torture and Accountability

Posted on July 2, 2005 by Team VCS

Torture and Accountability by ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, The Nation, July 18, 2005 Although the terrible revelations of torture at Abu Ghraib hit the front pages in April 2004, no senior officials in the US military or the Bush Administration have yet … Continue reading →

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What Iraq needs is a Walter Cronkite

Posted on July 2, 2005 by Team VCS

  What Iraq needs is a Walter Cronkite President Bush went on the air this week to pretend again that things are OK in Iraq. Shades of President Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam nearly 40 years ago. The most important similarity … Continue reading →

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Web visits put man in jail

Posted on July 2, 2005 by Team VCS

Web visits put man in jail Jordanian is a threat to national security, FBI says BY DAVID ASHENFELTERFREE PRESS STAFF WRITER, June 29, 2005 Mohammad Radwan Obeid is a threat to national security because he surfed terrorist Web sites and … Continue reading →

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